Agenda Friday, September 7, 2012

Absent - Robert Alford, Donna Baker, Maury

~ Welcome
- Anne's Video - Great Job Anne on what and ITS job is.
- Social Committee: Sept 29 4-7 Bunny’s House Social
http://tinyurl.com/8h4yqr6

~ Updates
- Information Services

Jan - Wireless carts refresh coming

Grants - District owned equipment has to be approved.

Grab Stuff - just because it’s there, doesn’t mean you can have it. Be sure to check licensing and which version

- Middle School Institute video
- Social Studies Job Alike (Robin) - Middle School version - High School Version

• Read Write Think - Robin and Patsy presented!
  • blogs, todays meet, easybib, paper slides,

• Shannon’s 3 word project
  • 8th graders if they have 3 words to say to the world, what would they say?

- iStation(Texas Success Initiative)

• Math, reading support. Can do intervention and differentiating
• reading application involves install on desktop
  • currently holding back

- MSTAR (Jeff)

• upload completed after 20+hr
• no way for ITS to see anything in Mstar data
  • students in by math class in MS and HS, Elementary in by homeroom
• Sunny Wren question --- when going to do something with data?
• Directions at: \\grab\stuff\Documentation\MSTAR
• DONE: Bulk upload for students as of Aug 30th.
• Action: ITS needs to add any students into the class. Ask for 48 hours in advance. Need to do batch student upload
  • takes a day for Epsilon
  • If you move students it doesn’t remove them from original class list.

- Turning Points (May and June orders)

• have lots replaced from May and June
• Check that it didn’t get to your library if you had them

~ Training/Demonstration
- Google Drive (Greg and Christy)

• Clicking and dragging, removes it from the folder
• Hold Ctl and drag are making a copy
• if in organize and hold ctl can select many folders
• ADD to my drive is a label, not MOVE
  • new button “add to my drive”

- Mimios (Vickie)
......Engage Educational Technology, Michael Janiak, 512.826.3684 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 512.826.3684end_of_the_skype_highlighting (training)

• about $800, install the software (there is a package)
• changed the projector to make it fit the whiteboard to 16:9 aspect ratio
• Do not have permission to physically move projectors (leaning or turning)
• ......Engage Educational Technology, Michael Janiak, 512.826.3684 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 512.826.3684end_of_the_skype_highlighting (training)
• mimio connect software
• Some going to MS/HS see Jan for list
  • limited time offer

- Batchgeo (Irma)

• - check out HMS Technology Page
  • Google form or excel and have an address, name, and it maps it on Google Maps
  • can input description (like battles)
  • literary trips, battles, historical events, landforms, where are you from
  • gives you url to link and embed code, No subsrciption needed.

- Remind 101 (Shannon)

• alternative to newsflash
• free accounts, teachers can set up thier classes
  • parents can sign up for email or text reminders
  • give parents a phone number and they text a key word
• You don’t ever see each other’s phone numbers.
  • can schedule reminders to go out
  • Set up norms, so not texting during the day

- Edmodo (Sara)

• roundrockisd.edmodo.com
• username and email create an account as a teacher

~ Collaboration/Planning
- Expression Web training (Mark)
Monday, Sept 17 8:30 - 4 at Athletic Complex(Mark will send out more information.
- Evaluation subcommittee

• last year 3 checkpoints
• district is reworking eval process

Took names for Subcommittee, including: Anita, Leslie, Jen, Angie, Linda, Debby, Ann, Shannon, Lori

- J.I.T. ( http://goo.gl/1TUin )
Work with Instructional Coaches, see the dates for meetings

- BYOD Implementation (Logical Roll-out - what this looks like on the various campuses)

• Shannon’s video is great
• need spot for students to print name, grade level and ID # to form
• McNeil, some issues trying it Monday
• Set up campus expectations
• “No BYOD Day Sign” really helped! And have devices on the desk, not in lap
• survey the class/parents how many would bring

Check out BYO Website https://sites.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/byo/


- AUP and SB 407 Compliance

• Texas Young lawyers website, might use for AUP
  • http://www.tyla.org/tyla/index.cfm/resources/educators-students/elementary-school/r-u-safe/
  • video is 15 min long

~ Reminders/FYI
- Reporting problems to Tech Ops (Jeff)

• reminder when send tickets in put model number, what school service tag is ok but MODEL # is a must
• Projectors - people hitting AV mute on remote and burning up bulbs. Encourage NOT to do that (on panel of new buildings)

- Who do you call?
list in google docs - (if no one moves it... check the tabs at the bottom of the sheet)

- Getting I.T. Right (http://rrisdinsttech.edublogs.org/)

• doing a district overview only then links to things to check out
• Be sure to check out the schools
• shared at Online resource training and New Teacher Orientation
• export blog and reimport to master tech account

- Sub Reimbursement PD Proposals (...grab\stuff\Documentation\Sub_Reimbursement_for_Tech_Training...)

- Link to SpEd Exceed
http://sped.roundrockisd.org/TXRoundRockProduction/exceed.html

Goals

- EOY tests online possibly
- Baseline data for BYOD
- Increase Prof Development by 20%
- Increase the ITSs numbers
- Embed TA TEKS into the RRISD curriculum

Chrome print - Ctrl Shift P
Student teacher accounts in AD, send to Jennifer, Chris, Brent

Need Clarification:

• Subs, how do they get into account, email

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Afternoon
- New ITS only at Athletic Center
- Optional:
............... Google Help with Greg on 4th floor (if needed)
............... Google Drawing with Erik Weiler at Elsa England
- Everyone else returns to campus or visits another campus